# Fractures at Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107894` · 10/22/2015 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
- **Location:** 838 Campbell Ave., PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in training on a new line when a piece of wood flooring came loose under the vacuum lift.  The machine was turned off, but remained energized.  The employee climbed over the fence around the vacuum lift, tripping a sensor, and the vacuum lift came down on him with wood flooring attached.  The employee suffered fractured back bones and broken ribs.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*